Robert Orlowski

Filmes

Intimate Views
Cinematography
Shot throughout two seasons in one year, Intimate Views charts the evolution of one location through two subsequent relationships that unfold within its walls. The film was shot on Super 16mm by Robert Orlowski and features performances from artist-designer Kyle Richardson and musician-composer Cody Boyce with original music by Cody.
4622 Stillwater Circle
Cinematography
Sadie spends a summer afternoon around her hometown in Wisconsin, while an old flame tries to find a new spot in her life.
Continuous Becoming
Director
Robert Orlowski’s Continuous Becoming, shot on 16mm film, repeats a 360-degree view of an urban park and adds a vertical partition to the frame on each rotation to expand on the relationship between perception, stillness and movement.
Mighty Bright Light
Director
A juxtaposition between a camera experiment and the song, “Mighty Bright Light”, sung by the prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farm prisons in Texas, 1951, allows for a moment to contemplate the structural and thematic similarities between the two. Participating with the song’s antiphonal (call and response) form traditionally found throughout African and African American music, the lens of the camera is removed in unison with the rhythm of the choir’s chant back to the caller. This action is repeated for the duration of song which, corresponds to the 100’ length of film. As the turret of the Bolex swings away, removing any point of view dictated by the lens or the filmmaker, the light from the present that exposes the film, and the light from the past that is the subject of the song are brought into question.
From Day to Night
Director
A song of in-camera improvisations composed to the rhythm of the sun's energy throughout the passage of a day.
From March to June
Director
Diaristic expressions from March to June and the metamorphosis of visual perception, energy, and emotion.